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Schulman, Inc. announced today that it has taken further steps to help offset rapidly rising raw material, energy, transportation and supplier costs in its North American businesses.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/404938215</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Myers Industries Plans to Report 2008 Second Quarter &amp; Six-Month Results on July 24, 2008 (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080717/20080717006292.html?.v=1</link><description>AKRON, Ohio----Myers Industries, Inc. today announced that the Company plans to report its 2008 second quarter and six-month results on Thursday, July 24, 2008 prior to the opening of the U.S. financial markets.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4179024446</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:01:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AptarGroup Reports Record Second Quarter Results; Raises Dividend and Increases Shares Authorized for Repurchase (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080717/20080717006007.html?.v=1</link><description>CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.----AptarGroup, Inc. today reported record second quarter results. The Company&apos;s Board of Directors also increased the quarterly dividend by 15% and authorized the repurchase of an additional 4 million shares of common stock.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1301843470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goodyear Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release, Conference Call (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080715/cltu043.html?.v=101</link><description>The Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Company will report second quarter 2008 financial results before markets open on Thursday, July 31, to be followed by an investor conference call at 10:30 a.m.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4276172996</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A. Schulman Proposes to Enhance Corporate Governance by Declassifying Its Board Structure to Eliminate Staggered Terms of Directors (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080714/clm520.html?.v=1</link><description>A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously recommended to propose at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders an amendment to the Company&apos;s Certificate of Incorporation to declassify its board structure.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/113366280</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:16:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delayed Launch Could Cost MBLX (Zacks.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/zacks/080714/13678.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2957110641</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:29:36 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>/C O R R E C T I O N -- A. 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Schulman Inc., which makes plastic compounds and resins, said Monday that it plans to propose an amendment to declassify its board structure at the 2008 annual meeting.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/628826929</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:23:49 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fuwei Films Designated as a Candidate for A-Category Taxpayer in Shandong Province (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080711/cnf020.html?.v=22</link><description>Fuwei Films Co. Limited , a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films located in China, today announced that Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. , the Company&apos;s fully owned operating subsidiary, has been designated a candidate for an A-Category taxpayer by the National Taxation Bureau and the Local Taxation Bureau of Shandong Province.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/241763188</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:52:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goodyear Named One of America&apos;s Most Respected Companies (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080710/clth112.html?.v=60</link><description>The Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Company has been recognized as one of America&apos;s most respected companies by the Reputation Institute and Forbes magazine.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3388970865</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:01:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Update - Iowa Scrap Tire Program to Reuse 500,000 Pounds of Recycled Rubber (Marketwire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080710/0414806.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3142181544</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Pursues Female Voters (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=1266n73ak/*http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/marketfeatures/10425506.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description>The Illinois senator is pulling out all the stops to win over working-class women -- and those who supporter former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2546336478</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:26:40 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spartech Declares Quarterly Dividend (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080709/aqw038.html?.v=62</link><description>The Board of Directors of Spartech Corporation announced today that it declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 5 cents per share, payable August 7, 2008 to common shareholders of record on July 24, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1509860172</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A. Schulman Appoints General Managers of Asia and Europe Operations (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080708/cltu091.html?.v=94</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2223796466</guid><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:05:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goodyear Names GE Executive Ruocco Senior Vice President of Human Resources (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080708/cltu030.html?.v=101</link><description>The Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Company today announced that Joe Ruocco has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources, effective August 1.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1427380368</guid><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A. Schulman Expands TPO Sheet Offering With Two New Invision(R) Products (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080708/cltu011.html?.v=101</link><description>A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its thermoplastic olefin sheet business with the introduction of two products from its Invision® line to support thermoformed applications.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3845349795</guid><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Libbey Inc. Names New Outside Director (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080707/clm100.html?.v=70</link><description>Libbey Inc. today announced that John C. 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